Brad Friedel remains Spurs’ number one, Villas-Boas warns Hugo Lloris

Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has reiterated that Brad Friedel remains his number one goalkeeper and new signing Hugo Lloris will have to wait his turn.

Hugo Lloris (right) has made it clear he expects to play for Tottenham but Brad Friedel (left) is proving hard to dislodge (Picture: Action Images)

Friedel, 41, was in inspired form as Tottenham came from a goal down to beat QPR 2-1 on Sunday, their first home win since Villas-Boas took charge.French international Lloris was one of the most high-profile arrivals of Villas-Boas’s rebuilding programme, but so far he has only featured in the Europa League, and the manager has told him he will have to wait his turn.’We don’t doubt Hugo’s dimension and talent but at the moment we are paying respect to a player who is performing very well,’ said the Portuguese.’At the right time we will think about it or not and Hugo is an extremely good professional.’He wants to come back into the team but he is competing for the jersey and he will get his chance very soon.’We have made Hugo alert that whenever Brad has a bad game we won’t (drop him). These things have to be taken very carefully’. IN PICTURES: Tottenham v QPR

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